Originally Posted by DnvrFox
My neighbor across the street was going to move to Florida until he learned that this year they are charging huge amounts in property tax for buyers of new homes in the state (or somethihg like that, he is not real clear about it), and then there is the insurance problem. He is sticking around here for now.
Yep, property tax around here is 1.5 - 1.7% of assessed value and insurance has jumped by as much as 5-fold in the past couple of years.